American Idioms and Expressions

Stalking Horse Idiom

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Stalking horse
What does Stalking horse mean?		 A stalking horse is a strategy or something used to conceal your intentions. It is often used where someone put themselves forwards as a candidate to divide opponents or to hide the real candidate.

Some Random Idioms
no skin off (someone's) teeth/nose
What does "no skin off (someone's) teeth/nose" mean?		 no difficulty for someoneIt will be no skin off my teeth if the meeting is not held.
eat out
What does "eat out" mean?		 to eat in a restaurantI eat out three or four times a week.
have one's finger in too many pies
What does "have one's finger in too many pies" mean?		 to be involved in too many things so that you cannot do any of them wellOur supervisor has her finger in too many pies to really do her job well.
farm (something) out or farm out (something)
What does "farm (something) out or farm out (something)" mean?		 to have someone else do something, to send something away to have it done We farmed out the printing to another company in order to save money.

do in (something) or do (something) in
What does "do in (something) or do (something) in" mean?		 to ruin or destroy something The boy quickly did in the new shoes that he had received for his birthday.

Off the scale
What does "Off the scale" mean?		 If something goes off the scale, it far exceeds the normal standards, good or bad, for something.
take out a loan
What does "take out a loan" mean?		 to get a loan of moneyI had to take out a loan to buy the car.
run to (an amount of money)
What does "run to (an amount of money)" mean?		 to amount to a certain amount of moneyThe cost of repairing my car may run to more money than I can pay.
get out of here
What does "get out of here" mean?		 no way; that can't be right; that's wrong
not give/care two hoots about (someone or something)
What does "not give/care two hoots about (someone or something)" mean?		 to not care at all about someone or somethingI do not give two hoots about what my neighbor thinks about me.
gorilla juice
What does "gorilla juice" mean?		steroids; anabolic steriods
adult
What does "adult" mean?		 sexually explicit
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